Double Trouble for Italian Attorney & Unlicensed Twin

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Double Trouble for Italian Attorney & Unlicensed Twin

Posted Sep 30, 2008, 03:39 pm CST
By Martha Neil

Overwhelmed with work in her law practice and part-time position as a substitute judge, a 54-year-old Italian attorney allegedly exercised an option that isn't available to most of her colleagues:

She apparently sent her twin to cover her defense caseload when she was called in to work as a judge elsewhere in Milan, reports Reuters, relying on coverage from Corriere della Sera, the country's leading newspaper. However, the alleged substitute sister isn't a lawyer, and clients soon figured out the difference.

Now both sisters, whose full names aren't reported, are defending twin criminal and civil cases.

"The problem was that sister Patrizia was not a lawyer like sister Gabriella but charged the clients anyway," the news agency writes.

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Posted by Kevin Pierce - 1 month, 2 weeks, 6 days, 13 hours, 43 minutes ago

DOUBLE BILLING

NEWSWIRE—A lawyer in Italy is charged with fraud for having her twin sister fill in at hearings.

If the one that I am were divided in two,
There are alternate options that I might pursue:
I’d be cracking both history and mystery books,
Spoiling a broth with far too many cooks.
I’d be making quick work with my many hands;
From a lamp and its genie, I’d get six commands.
And contrary to limits in age-old advice,
I’d be first in position to only live twice.

Yet, one’s all it takes to be bursting this bubble:
I’d likely just end up in twice as much trouble.

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Posted by Willem DeDonis - 1 month, 2 weeks, 6 days, 1 hour, 42 minutes ago

Mama Mia, thats a spicy meat-a-ball!

This babe aint no Carla Bruni, either

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